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RSM’s purpose is to deliver the power of being understood to our clients, colleagues and communities through world-class audit, tax and consulting services focused on middle market businesses. The clients we serve are the engine of global commerce and economic growth, and we are focused on developing leading professionals and services to meet their evolving needs in today’s ever-changing business environment.
Our Finance and Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) practice is looking for skilled professionals to join us at the Manager level. RSM’s FAO practice blends to best of both worlds by providing candidates with all the career growth opportunities that come with working for a public accounting firm, while at the same time operating in private company environments on a daily basis. We provide accounting, technology and consulting services to private, lower middle market clients, with revenues ranging from $0 to $100 million. In other words, we are the accounting department for our clients. Our diverse industry base includes technology, life science, not-for-profit, consumer products and professional service organizations, just to name a few. This position will need to work to deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities, such as month end close, financial reporting, year-end audit support, and the support of budget and forecasting activities. In addition, you will have the ability to learn and efficiently use our best-in-class cloud based technology stack. FAO Managers will have contact with our clients (CEO, COO, CFO, VP of Finance, Controller, etc.), as well as other client contacts including tax and professional service providers.
We operate in a team-based environment and have a proven track record of delivering exceptional value to our customers. The key attributes that will make someone successful in this role include:
- Ability to manage, coach, and motivate a team
- Assertive, collaborative, team player and desire to learn different industries and develop a Controller skill set
Superior ability to prioritize and focus in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment
- Willingness to learn and work with emerging technology solutions such as OCR(Optical Character Recognition), AI(Artificial Intelligence) and Accounting BOTS
- Professional presentation and great communication skills as contact with clients will be extensive
- Interest in personal/professional development and advancement
- Dedication to lifelong learning, including staying abreast of best practices in financial management
- Ability to analyze and interpret – not just report – financial information to add value to client businesses as a trusted adviser
- Solid Excel skills (create tables, use formulas, pivot tables)
Responsibilities:
This is a hands-on position that requires transaction processing and account reconciliation skills. Duties include:
- Overall day-to-day management of the accounting and finance functions of multiple clients in a shared services environment playing the Controller role of your clients
- Participate in client design sessions to analyze requirements and redesign business processes in connection with FAO best practices in areas such as chart of account redesign, procure to pay, order to cash, month end close, record to report, etc.
- Lead, manage and coach client services representatives, associates, senior associates and supervisors
- Review client’s monthly financial statements including month over month variance analysis and / or actual to budget analysis
- Analyze and interpret financial information for client management and provide actionable insight and decision support
- Continuously identify opportunities to enhance the clients monthly operations make suggestions for process improvements
- Understand our technology stack and identify additional add-on processes, systems, modules and integrations that can drive month end close efficiencies.
- Define and document repeatable methodologies with appropriate tools and templates that can be leveraged for future projects.
- Establish engagement budgets
- Direct initial assessments, implementations and onboarding of new FAO clients
- Write service agreements and statements of work
- Participate in meetings with new client prospects and in the proposal process
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- CPA is required
- Experience in a public accounting firm, consulting firm or other professional services environment preferred but not required
- Progressive experience in accounting and financial management in a corporate accounting environment, in roles such as accounting manager, assistant controller, controller, director of finance CFO.
- Strong technical financial accounting (GAAP) knowledge
- Strong management accounting and operational finance knowledge
- Experience in the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function (financial modeling, budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis, etc.)
- Knowledge of accounting/ERP software. Knowledge of Intacct and/or Bill.com a plus.
- Proven leadership, management and coaching skills
- Strong time-management and organizational skills with sensitivity to timeframes, budgets, and outcomes across multiple clients/projects.
- Experience with automated accounting systems (i.e. Intacct, NetSuite, Blackline, Bill.com, Tallie)
In accordance with applicable law and RSM policy, prospective hires will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. If not vaccinated for COVID-19 they must qualify for an accommodation to this vaccination requirement or participate in testing.
Currently, RSM does not intend to hire candidates for entry level positions who will need, now or in the future, RSM sponsorship through any non-immigrant visa category such as the H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, O-1, or TN.
RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please call us at 800-274-3978 or send us an email at [email protected].
You want your next step to be the right one. You’ve worked hard to get where you are today. And now you’re ready to use your unique skills, talents and personality to achieve great things. RSM is a place where you are valued as an individual, mentored as a future leader, and recognized for your accomplishments and potential. Working directly with clients, key decision makers and business owners across various industries and geographies, you’ll move quickly along the learning curve and our clients will benefit from your fresh perspective.
Experience RSM. Experience the power of being understood.
RSM is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.
